I recently installed a Dobinsons 2.5” lift w/Dobinsons UCA’s and the SSO rear coil conversion kit (w/Moog isolators) on my ’06 Non-KDSS GX470 and am a bit concerned by the significant increase in rake and lack of lift in front.
Parts installed:
Front – GS59-221B struts w/C59-314 springs
Rear – GS59-705B shocks w/C59-505 springs
SSO rear coil conversion kit (w/Moog isolators) and currently no spacers installed
Dobinsons UCA’s
I took some before fender-to-ground (FTG) measurements with the 265/65/R17 Cooper Discoverer HTP tires (30.6” overall diameter) and some after with the new 285/70/R17 BF Goodrich KO2’s (32.8” overall diameter):
Front FTG before – 34 1/8”
Front FTG after – 37 1/8”
Rear FTG before – 34 3/4"
Rear FTG after – 39 1/4"
Factoring in the tire size difference, it appears I gained 0.8” of lift in front and 2.3” of lift in the rear. I’m starting to think I should have gone with a 3” setup up front to try and maintain some sort of levelness or factory rake. Will the rears settle a good bit? Did I do something wrong like go with the wrong combination of parts? Install error? Or am I just overreacting and this is all perfectly normal? Thanks in advance.
Parts installed:
Front – GS59-221B struts w/C59-314 springs
Rear – GS59-705B shocks w/C59-505 springs
SSO rear coil conversion kit (w/Moog isolators) and currently no spacers installed
Dobinsons UCA’s
I took some before fender-to-ground (FTG) measurements with the 265/65/R17 Cooper Discoverer HTP tires (30.6” overall diameter) and some after with the new 285/70/R17 BF Goodrich KO2’s (32.8” overall diameter):
Front FTG before – 34 1/8”
Front FTG after – 37 1/8”
Rear FTG before – 34 3/4"
Rear FTG after – 39 1/4"
Factoring in the tire size difference, it appears I gained 0.8” of lift in front and 2.3” of lift in the rear. I’m starting to think I should have gone with a 3” setup up front to try and maintain some sort of levelness or factory rake. Will the rears settle a good bit? Did I do something wrong like go with the wrong combination of parts? Install error? Or am I just overreacting and this is all perfectly normal? Thanks in advance.